This course transforms your understanding of assessment from a tick-box exercise into a powerful tool for accelerating pupil learning. You’ll master the five essential formative assessment strategies that make the biggest impact in primary classrooms, learning how to give feedback that motivates rather than deflates, and how to use assessment data to make informed teaching decisions that close learning gaps. Through practical modules covering assessment foundations, effective feedback techniques, and real classroom applications, you’ll develop the confidence to create meaningful learning intentions, facilitate peer and self-assessment, and communicate pupil progress clearly to parents. By the end of this course, you’ll have a toolkit of evidence-based assessment strategies that integrate seamlessly into your daily teaching practice, helping you support every child’s learning journey whilst reducing your workload.
Learning Outcomes
- identify Identify the five key formative assessment strategies and their practical applications in primary classrooms
- apply Apply effective feedback techniques that close the learning gap without discouraging risk-taking
- evaluate Evaluate assessment data to inform daily teaching decisions and identify pupil misconceptions
- create Create clear learning intentions and success criteria that enable effective peer and self-assessment
- demonstrate Demonstrate practical strategies for reporting pupil progress to parents using assessment evidence
- distinguish Distinguish between effective descriptive feedback and ineffective grading practices in formative assessment
Who Is This For?
This course is designed specifically for newly qualified primary school teachers and Early Career Teachers who want to develop practical, effective assessment strategies that enhance pupil learning and inform their teaching decisions.
